How complexity accumulates
How systems become risky without anyone noticing. Alexander Undoing the Gordian | Source: Knot 1st-art-gallery.com No one decides to build a fragile system. No executive…
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Being an AI-native designer isn’t what you think it is
What 28 design leaders have said AI-native design really is Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read More
Why Reading on Mobile Is Uniquely Challenging
I’m reading a book called “Mobile Usability“ by Jakob Nielsen and Raluca Budiu. Chapter 4 focuses on writing for mobile. Now, mobile reading is something I struggle…
Extended overthinking
On AI, slot machines, and forgetting how to craft pixels. I’ve grown tired of AI lately… of what it does to me. Every new model, every new…
2FA UX patterns: Designing setup flows for SMS, authenticator apps, and biometrics
Each popular 2FA method in modern digital products, including SMS OTP verification, TOTP authenticator apps, and biometrics have different user flows for configuration, verification, and…
6 React Server Component performance pitfalls in Next.js
Most teams adopt React Server Components for one specific reason: they want their apps to feel faster through better initial loads and less client-side JavaScript.…
Making sense of web rendering patterns (SSR, CSR, static, islands)
In this PodRocket episode, Gil Fink (SparXis CEO) joins the show to break down today’s most common web rendering patterns — server-side rendering (SSR),…
Hidden cost of AI prototypes, leadership myths, how designers use AI
Weekly curated resources for designers — thinkers and makers. “Prototypes are no longer as special as they once were. They’re now the bare minimum. But this speed comes with…
What designers can learn from the first iPhone moment of AI
Fifteen years ago, the iPhone killed Flash and nearly erased an entire design discipline. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared…
Designers, we should be killing it right now
Designers should be thriving in the age of AI. Here’s why we aren’t, why it’s probably our fault, and how we can fix it. The Beatles,…
Something big “might” be happening
Why the future of design belongs to creative thinkers and problem solvers Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read…
No, VR can’t make you walk in others’ shoes
The shallowness of the “empathy machine.” Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash I once saw a “poverty simulation” designed to help raise funds and “put people…
On craft and connivence
Lessons in design, from a USB drive to the age of AI, and beyond. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared…
Surveillance by default, consent by assumption
How consumer security products turn physical presence into assumed consent Illustration of a home security camera extending its gaze into shared neighbourhood space, symbolising the shift…
UX questionnaires. Is it rocket science?
Mission control didn’t run on intuition. Neither should your design process. Continue reading on UX Collective » This post first appeared on Read More